G. B. Mainland
Physics and Astronomy · The Ohio State University
Publications
77
Citations
314
Est. group size
—
Recurring co-author estimate
Active years
56
Publishing since 1970
G. B. Mainland works in theoretical physics, focusing on the quantum vacuum—the idea that even 'empty space' has physical properties—and how its structure might explain fundamental constants like the speed of light, the fine-structure constant, and the number of families of subatomic particles called leptons. This work also touches on quantum mechanics education, as reflected in a series of 2019 publications covering core quantum physics topics. This research is largely theoretical and conceptual, aiming to derive well-known physical constants from first principles rather than through experiments.
Publication output was moderate in 2017-2019, including a concentrated set of works in 2019, but has slowed to roughly one publication per year or less since 2020.
Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026
- Calculation of the speed of light in the vacuum using electrodynamics to describe the interaction of a photon with the quantum vacuum
Journal of Physics Conference Series · 2025
- Electromagnetic properties of the quantum vacuum calculated from its structure
Journal of Physics Conference Series · 2023
- The Speed of Light Predicts the Number of Lepton Families
Universe · 2022
- The contribution of the quantum vacuum to the cosmological constant is zero: proof that vacuum energy does not gravitate
arXiv (Cornell University) · 2020
- Quantum Physics
2019
- Stationary Perturbation Theory
2019
- Quantum Physics: States, Observables and Their Time Evolution
2019
- Combinations of Quantum Physical Systems
2019
- Time Evolution of Quantum Systems
2019
- Quantum Harmonic Oscillator
2019
- Angular Momentum
2019
- Vacuum fluctuations: the source of the permittivity of the vacuum
arXiv (Cornell University) · 2018
- Vacuum fluctuations: the source of the permittivity and speed of light in the vacuum
arXiv (Cornell University) · 2018
- Theoretical calculation of the fine-structure constant and the permittivity of the vacuum
arXiv (Cornell University) · 2017
- Virtual parapositronium that boils up from the vacuum: the electromagnetic decay rate
arXiv (Cornell University) · 2017
- arXiv (Cornell University)×6
- Journal of Physics Conference Series×2
- Universe×1
- A. Amer
Physics and Astronomy · Purdue University West Lafayette
- Adam P. Szczepaniak
Physics and Astronomy · Indiana University
- Vanamali Shastry
Physics and Astronomy · Indiana University
- T. J. Min
Physics and Astronomy · Indiana University
- A.P. Szczepaniak
Physics and Astronomy · Indiana University
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Last updated Jul 19, 2026.
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